Case 40 'The Sad & Shocking Murder Of The Miners Daughter' Timsbury, Somerset 1909

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  • čas přidán 5. 08. 2024
  • A true crime West Country story where still waters run deep in a coal mining village in rural Somerset. Things come to a head between two families that lead to a distressing & unexpected conclusion for those involved.
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Komentáře • 15

  • @donnalawless6769
    @donnalawless6769 Před rokem +2

    Loving your vintage murder series

  • @barbaraprest783
    @barbaraprest783 Před rokem +2

    I would say her father was the guilty party - drunk and in a towering rage was capable of anything !

  • @merriestroscher5795
    @merriestroscher5795 Před 7 měsíci

    Google the artist Hogarth’s paintings from 1751, Beer Lane and Gin Street. The saying was, Drunk for a penny. Dead drunk for tuppence. Yes, liquor was very cheap.

  • @DakotaFord592
    @DakotaFord592 Před 9 měsíci

    💖💖💖

  • @randyhebbebusche3644
    @randyhebbebusche3644 Před 7 měsíci

    His own family had to pay for what he did. There suffered more in the long run.

  • @Baskerville22
    @Baskerville22 Před rokem +1

    I would have thought that a miner in those times could not afford to drink himself into a drunken state daily at the pub. Wages must have been better than I thought, or beer was very cheap..
    If Alfred took off and hid his blood-stained overalls after murdering his daughter, what was he wearing when he returned home ?

    • @philipr1567
      @philipr1567 Před 8 měsíci

      The tax on alcohol has increased hugely since the early 1900s, as has the profit made by publicans and breweries.

    • @janetpendlebury6808
      @janetpendlebury6808 Před 8 měsíci

      Beer was very cheap, and some men drank their wages away instead of giving them to their wives to buy food etc, which is why Mary gave all her wages to her mother no doubt. He would have his trousers and shirt on under his overalls.

    • @Baskerville22
      @Baskerville22 Před 8 měsíci

      @@janetpendlebury6808 Thanks for your response, Jane. Regarding his post-murder clothing - I assumed that overalls were the work-clothes at that time, for that occupation.

    • @janetpendlebury6808
      @janetpendlebury6808 Před 8 měsíci

      @@Baskerville22 Miners often worked naked or semi naked down the mine. I doubt any of them wore overalls down there.

  • @pfadiva
    @pfadiva Před rokem

    @Baskerville22 They couldn't afford it but did it anyway. This habit resulted in much financial hardship in many families.
    His overalls wouldn't have been his only clothes, this was more like coveralls than what US folks would think of ass overalls

  • @simcatman1607
    @simcatman1607 Před rokem

    But Methodists don t drink!

    • @darrenrexfrancis2538
      @darrenrexfrancis2538 Před 8 měsíci +2

      You mean Methodists aren't supposed to drink!!!!!

    • @janetpendlebury6808
      @janetpendlebury6808 Před 8 měsíci

      The judgement of the Methodist Church, is that total abstinence is a matter for individual choice. It is not a condition of Methodist membership.

    • @peterrandall9523
      @peterrandall9523 Před 5 měsíci +1

      My maternal Grandfather was a coal miner and a Chapel man. He took a vow of temperance in his early days and kept that vow all his life. Not all coal miners were drinkers.